Edward Hopper, Captain Upton's House, 1927. Oil on canvas, 28 x 36 in. (71.1 x 91.4 cm). Private Collection. (via Bowdoin College Museum of Art)
Ongoing Events
Pawtucket Arts Festival – Citywide showcase of visual and performing arts, interactive workshops, music, theater, and dance; festival runs September 9 through September 25, 2011; for a full schedule of events (including event locations), visit the festival website; Pawtucket, RI.
Porgy and Bess – The American Repertory Theater presents the Gershwins’ opera, which originally debuted in Boston in 1935; performances run through October 2, 2011; tickets are available through the ART website; 7:30 PM at Loeb Drama Center (64 Brattle St., Cambridge, MA)
“Edward Hopper’s Maine” – Bowdoin College Museum of Art, in association with the Whitney Museum of American Art, present 88 of Hopper’s early oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, and prints of Maine scenes; exhibition is currently open and runs through October 16, 2011; visit the museum website for hours and admission information; Bowdoin College Museum of Art (9400 College Station, Brunswick, ME)
“The Latino List” exhibition – twenty-five large-format full color portraits of accomplished and influential Latinos in the worlds of culture, politics, business, and sports, taken by photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders; exhibition currently open, runs through December 11, 2011; see museum website for hours and admission fees; The Brooklyn Museum (200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY)
Sunday, 9/11
FINAL DAY of the New York Hell’s Kitchen Film Festival – Eleven-days, 140 features and shorts, plus discussion events and parties; festival runs from September 1 to September 11; visit the festival website for a full schedule of events.
Gotham Writers’ Workshop: Dialogue Writing with Paul Zimmerman – Free workshop with screenwriter/playwright Paul Zimmerman; 6:00 PM at McNally Jackson (52 Prince St., New York, NY)
Monday, 9/12
Chard Harbach in Conversation with Keith Gessen – n+1 co-founder and co-editor Chad Harbach talks with fellow n+1 co-editor Keith Gessen about his new novel, The Art of Fielding; 7:00 PM at McNally Jackson (52 Prince St., New York, NY)
Brownstone Poets Anthology Reading – Presentation of the 2011 anthology; 7:00 PM at BookCourt (163 Court St., Brooklyn, NY)
Tuesday, 9/13
Are You Ready for the Future? with Ray Kurzweil – Scientist/philosopher Ray Kurzweil discusses his book The Singularity is Near, “the singularity” being ““point in time many futurists believe will mark the divide between human intelligence and artificial intelligence being the primary force in technological and scientific advancement;” this event is part of the University of Rhode Island’s Fall 2011 Honors Colloquium and is free and open to the public; 7:30 PM at Edwards Auditorium (Upper College Road, Kingston, RI)
Christopher Buehlman and Alma Katsu at WORD Brooklyn – Authors Christopher Buehlman and Alma Katsu present a night of dark fiction readings, plus Q&A and signings; RSVP via Facebook; 7:00 PM at WORD Brooklyn (126 Franklin St., Brooklyn, NY)
Justin Torres at McNally Jackson – Former McNally Jackson bookseller Justin Torres reads from his debut novel, We the Animals; 7:00 PM at McNally Jackson (52 Prince St., New York, NY)
The Writers of Brooklyn and the Story of American City Life – Presented by Evan Huges of Literary Brooklyn and moderated by Cara Cannella; panelists include Francisco Goldman, Meghan O’Rourke, and Carl Hancock Rux; 7:00 PM at BookCourt (163 Court St., Brooklyn, NY)
Wednesday, 9/14
A Night of Baseball Stories – Presented by Largehearted Boy, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, and hosted by WORD Brooklyn; readings by Jens Carstensen, Jason Diamond, David Gutowski, Sean Manning, Howard Megdal, and Caryn Rose; beer provided by Sixpoint Brewery; RSVP via Facebook; 7:00 PM at WORD Brooklyn (126 Franklin St., Brooklyn, NY)
Real Characters at McNally Jackson – Part of a monthly storytelling/performance show that combines New York’s best storytellers, comedians, and writers; September’s performance includes Rachel Shukert (Everything is Going to be Great), Jeff Simmermon (This American Life), and Bob Kulhan (Baby Wants Candy); 7:00 PM at McNally Jackson (52 Prince St., New York, NY)
Dan Fante – Reading from Fante: A Family’s Legacy of Writing, Drinking, and Surviving; 7:00 PM at BookCourt (163 Court St., Brooklyn, NY)
Thursday, 9/15
19th Annual Providence Latin American Film Festival – Opening night red carpet event and premiere of competition film También la Lluvia; the festival runs through Sunday, September 18; visit the festival website for ticket information and screening locations for the entire weekend; Providence, RI
Leaving the Atocha Station launch with Ben Lerner – Brooklyn launch event for novelist/poet Ben Lerner in support of Leaving the Atocha Station; RSVP via Facebook; 7:00 PM at WORD Brooklyn (126 Franklin St., Brooklyn, NY)
Oculus Book Talk: James Russell at the Center for Architecture – Part of the monthly AIANY Oculus Committee’s Book Talk Series; September’s event features James Russell, who will discuss his book The Agile City: Building Well-being and Wealth in an Era of Climate Change; tickets are free for Center of Architecture members and $10 for non-members; 6:00 PM at the Center for Architecture (536 Laguardia Place, New York, NY)
The Bridge: Sergio Chejfec, Margaret Carson, and EJ Van Lanen – Part of a new literary series dedicated to translations; author Sergio Chejfec, translator Margaret Carson, and editor EJ Van Lanen discuss My Two Worlds; 7:00 PM at McNally Jackson (52 Prince St., New York, NY)
Bookforum Fall 2011 Issue Release Party – Part of Brooklyn Book Festival’s Bookend Events; featuring Justin Taylor, Laura Kipnis, and Joshua Cohen; 6:30 PM at BookCourt (163 Court St., Brooklyn, NY)
Picnic & Poetry on the Plaza – Spoken-word performances by Willie Perdomo and the students of City Tech; 6:30 PM at the Brooklyn War Memorial in Cadman Plaza Park
powerHouse Arena Opening Night Party – Presented by Electric Literature and Tin House; readings by Kelly Link and Marc Basch, plus a presentation of Matt Kisch’s Moby Dick in Pictures; 7:00 PM at powerHouse Books (37 Main St., Brooklyn, NY)
Jay McInerney at Brooklyn Winery – Author Jay McInerney and Wall Street Journal wine editor and Wine Spectator executive editor Thomas Matthews talk books and wine; event admission is free but there is a cash bar and limited seating; RSVP to Brooklyn Winery; 7:30 PM at Brooklyn Winery (213 North 8th St., Brooklyn, NY)
The Bushwick Book Club Presents Songs of Literature - Every title, author and genre is fodder for songs written and performed by local musicians including Corn Mo, Phoebe Kreutz, Franz Nicolay, Sweet Soubrette, Dan and Rachel, Natti Vogel and Alyson Greenfield; hosted by Susan Hwang; 8:00 PM at Goodbye Blue Monday (1087 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY)
Friday, 9/16
The Weaver in New York: New Poetry from Latin Americans in New York – Claudio Ivan Remeseira presents a collection of poetry; this is a Spanish-language event; 7:00 PM at McNally Jackson (52 Prince St., New York, NY)
PEN American Center’s Literary Pub Quiz – Compete with (or against) your favorite authors, pens and paper will be supplied; 7:00 PM at St. Ann’s Warehouse (38 Water St., Brooklyn, NY)
Race and Place: RingShout, a Celebration of Black Literary Excellence – Second annual reading series featuring Catherine McKinley, Emily Raboteau, and Sharifa Rhodes-Pitt, all of whom are known for combining reportage with personal narrative to create rich cultural landscapes; admission for this event is $5; 7:00 PM at MoCADA (80 Hanson Place, Brooklyn, NY)
Ripple: A BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn Presentation – Three influential artists and writers from BRIC’s 30-year history of contemporary art exhibitions discuss the changing artistic landscape of Brooklyn, plus performances by downtown band Strange Farm; 7:00 PM at BRIC Rotunda Gallery (33 Clinton St., Brooklyn, NY)
Hot Authors Project – Canteen magazine launches the Hot Authors Project with a panel discussion titled “Marketing Literature in the Age of Gawker;” panelists include authors Fiona Maazel and Tao Lin, literary agent Erin Hosier, and Scallywag & Vagabond founder Christopher Koulouris; 7:00 PM at 3rd Ward (195 Morgan Ave., Brooklyn, NY)
The Brooklyn Indie Party! – Brooklyn’s best independent book and magazine publishers throw a kickoff party celebrating literary spirit; food and drinks will be provided; music by DJ Johnny Temple, publisher of Akashic Books and chair of the Brooklyn Book Festival Council; 7:30 PM at Greenlight Bookstore (686 Fulton St., Brooklyn, NY)
Saturday, 9/17
Resonance and Poetry in Two Languages – Mexican writer/translator Pura Lopez Colome and Scottish poet/translator present their bilingual translations of Spanish- and English-language poetry, including poems by Jose Emilio Pacheco, Wallace Stevens, Pablo Neruda, and Paul Muldoon, plus many more; this is a bilingual event; 5:00 PM at McNally Jackson (52 Prince St., New York, NY)
The Brooklyn Local – Literary meets culinary in this City Harvest sponsored artisanal marketplace; signings by chef/authors Melissa Clark (In the Kitchen with a Good Appetite), Marja Vongerichten (The Kimchi Chronicles: Korean Cooking for an American Kitchen), Frank Falcinelli and Peter Meehan (The Frankies Sputino Kitchen Companion & Cooking Manual), Rachel Wharton (Edible Brooklyn: The Cookbook), and Dana Cowin (Food & Wine Magazine’s Best of the Best); admission to this event is $5; 11:00 AM at the Tobacco Warehouse, Brooklyn Bridge Park (38 Water St., Brooklyn, NY)
The New Black Aesthetic: Twenty Years Later – Essayist Trey Ellis the evolution of black artistic culture since the publication of his 1989 essay, “The New Black Aesthetic;” 2:00 PM at the Brooklyn Public Library (10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY)
Community Bookstore 40th Anniversary Party – Readings and reception featuring Paul Auster, Siri Hustvedt, Mary Morris, and Jon Scieszka, plus special guests; the event begins at 2:00 PM, readings will be held at the Old First Reformed Church (729 Carroll St., Brooklyn, NY) and the reception/signing will be held at Community Bookstore (147 7th Ave., Brooklyn, NY)
My Soul To Take: A Literary Salon and Discussion with Tananarive Due – The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College’s Literary Salon presents American Book Award-winning novelist Tananarive Due to discuss the forthcoming My Soul to Take; refreshments will be provided; admission to this event is $10 or $25 with a book purchase; 3:00 PM at MoCADA (80 Hanson Place, Brooklyn, NY)
